Columnists Ahoy! ~ 2

Death midwife also assists at the end of life

Death doula listens to final wishes, brings peace to the dying

Dawn Trice tells the story of, not a regular midwife who assists in pregnancy and the bringing of new life, but of a death midwife who takes it into her hands to help the elders who don't wish to spend their last moment in a hospital. Ana Blechschmidt's job is to make the environment as peaceful as possible and assist the elder in what they wish, but is not responsible for administrating medicine. Although this may seem odd to some, it is actually just a return to how things used to be handled in the past. The practice of someone taking care of the older members of the family dates back to long before the Civil War, where similar situations sprung up. In our modern world, too many people tend to isolate themselves when the life of a loved one is ending. The idea of taking care of our elders and allowing them to pass on their wisdom is a sense of community our culture has lost. Trice's purpose it most likely to reflect on how our society has taken a wrong turn when they stopped taking care of old loved ones because they have become too individualistic. 

Dawn Turner Trice

Who Owns The Sources? ~ 5

- The Death Penalty -
(MY opinion)

What gives people the right to end the life of another? After all my research on the subject, I have decided that although it is against my morals to kill another human being, I do believe that the death penalty should be available for extreme circumstances. It should only be used against the cases with mass murderers and serial killers, and those types of extreme circumstances. However, it should not be used in any other case because there can always be mistakes made and all life is precious. Of course, there is always the debate about what cases deserve such punishment, but that is a while different issue. It is my opinion that the death penalty is over used in todays society and many are over using their power to kill. Lots of innocent people suffer the death penalty for crimes they very committed, but hopefully if it is used only for mass murders then this will occur less often. Mass murders and serial killers don't deserve to be rewarded by a life in jail where they are feed and taken care of. It is for them only that this punishment should be used.